Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) baccettii Lombardini

Ferragut, Francisco & Ueckermann, Edward A., 2012, A new species and new records of the subgenus Typhlodromus Scheuten from Spain, with a key to the world species (Acari: Phytoseiidae), Journal of Natural History 46 (27 - 28), pp. 1731-1745 : 1733

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) baccettii Lombardini

Typhlodromus baccettii Lombardini 1960: 19 ; Ragusa and Swirski 1978: 215; Moraes et al. 1986: 243; Chant and Yoshida-Shaul 1987: 1780; Denmark 1992: 30; Edland and Evans 1998: 282.

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) baccettii Lombardini, Moraes et al. 2004: 362 ; Barbar et al. 2005: 147

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) helenae Schicha and Dosse, 1974: 79 (synonymy according to Chant and Yoshida-Shaul 1987: 1780)

Anthoseius oligadenus Athias-Henriot, 1978: 697 (synonymy according to Chant and Yoshida-Shaul 1987: 1780)

Specimens examined

Five females, Els Angels, Girona Province, 41 ◦ 59 ′ 23 ′′ N, 2 ◦ 54 ′ 49 ′′ E, 445 m above sea level (a.s.l.), on Erica arborea L. ( Ericaceae ), 3 August 2004, F. Ferragut.

Previous records

Australia, France, Italy, Norway.

Remarks

Measurements of the five females collected were similar to the species redescription provided by Ragusa and Swirski (1978) for specimens from Italy. Measurements of the five females are: dorsal shield, 314 long (306–320), 164 wide (158–166); genital shield, 69 wide (66–72); ventrianal shield, 94 long (84–100), 96 wide (92–98). Setae j1: 21 (20–22), j3: 25 (24–27); j4: 12 (11–12), j5: 14 (13–14), j6: 16 (16–17), J2: 17 (16–18), J5: 7 (7–8), z2: 16 (14–16), z3: 18 (15–20), z4: 20 (18–22), z5: 14 (14–15), Z4: 30 (28–32), Z5: 51 (48–54), s4: 24 (22–25), s6: 26 (24–27), S2: 27 (25–28), S4: 29 (26–32), r3: 23 (22–25), R1: 20 (19–22), JV5: 41 (38–42). SgeIV: 21 (20–22); StiIV: 26 (25–26); St IV: 45 (42–48). This species has three pairs of dorsal solenostomes (gd2, gd6 and gd9). Chaetotactic formula of genus II: 22 / 0, 2 / 01. Although previous authors have considered that it bears three subapical teeth on fixed digit of chelicerae, the specimens studied here clearly show four teeth, with a strong tooth proximal to the pilus dentilis.